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Florida

Dr. Trudie Myers, President
Sue Ceriale, Newsletter Editor
www.esaflorida.net

Florida’s State project is support for the
Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
This school began in 1885 and sits on an 88
acre campus in beautiful St. Augustine Florida. The school is a
public school for the basic academics, but they provide 90
different programs to help their children be able to better
assimilate into society. The school serves 600 students from all
across the state of Florida; therefore many of the students live
in dorms
during the
week and are Members of Alpha Gamma and
then bussed Tori VonEssen from FSBD
home for the
weekend.

Some of the items ESA sisters have donated
throughout the past few years have been tennis
shoes, socks, underwear, small suitcases with pull
handles for those traveling home and back
Museum at FSDB. The Super Bowl banner shows weekly, but also for the blind students to be able
the game the students signed the National Anthem to carry their heavy books that are written in
at the Super Bowl. Braille. Other items they have requested are craft
items, school supplies, puzzles for those students
that might have a long
10 hour travel time
home on the
weekends. Florida ESA
also donated a
playground and kids
village a few years
ago.

Kids Village. Where they learn skills During our trip to St.
associated with living in a Augustine to deliver
community. items collected and a
tour of the campus, we
attended a luncheon
and bags auction sponsored by Alpha Nu of Cocoa
Beach for their contribution to FSDB. This was well attended Ray Charles attended FSBD.
and I felt very excited to have been invited.

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